Policeman killed, seven injured in Srinagar militant attack

Srinagar, Sep. 1 (IANS): A policeman was killed and seven others injured as militants attacked a police vehicle in the city’s outskirts on Friday, police said. Militants ambushed a vehicle of the state armed police in Zewan area of the city’s outskirts, and opened indiscriminate fire. Security forces had been put on high alert after intelligence inputs indicated that two groups of Jaish-e-Muhammad (JeM) terror outfit were planning an a ttack around the holy Muslim festival of Eid-ul-Azha which falls on Saturday.